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Ukraine: MPs apply to Constitutional Court seeking to lift farmland sale moratorium
- Interafx
- 20 February 2017
An appeal signed by 55 lawmakers has been sent to the Constitutional Court seeking to lift farmland sale moratorium in Ukraine.
Protesto contra a actuação da JICA sobre a sociedade moçambicana no âmbito do programa ProSavana
- 17 February 2017
Esta é a primeira carta que os camponeses e as organizações da sociedade civil de Moçambique articuladas na Campanha Não ao ProSavana endereçam à JICA.
公開書簡【日本語仮訳】Open Letter from “No to ProSAVANA” to JICA President
- 17 February 2017
本状は、「プロサバンナにノー」を表明する農民と市民社会組織がともにJICAに提出する最初の書簡です。
Brazil pushes on with plan to open farmland sales to foreigners
- Thompson Reuters Foundation
- 16 February 2017
Brazil says it is pushing ahead with plans to change the law and let foreigners buy farmland, in a move widely backed by investors and opposed by land rights campaigners.
China's SINOCONST to invest in Belarusian agricultural industry
- For Security
- 16 February 2017
Joint Belarusian-Chinese company JSC SP ABC-Invest will implement an investment project in the agricultural industry in Minsk Oblast. The project will upgrade a pig farm (capacity of 11,500 head per year) and meat processing plant among other things.
Brasil: Governo vai autorizar venda de terras para estrangeiros, diz Meirelles
- Globo Rural
- 16 February 2017
O ministro da Fazenda, Henrique Meirelles, disse que o governo pretende liberar nos próximos 30 dias a venda de terras brasileiras para os estrangeiros.
Siaya MCAs vow to kick out Dominion Farms CEO Burgess from Yala Swamp
- K24TV
- 16 February 2017
Siaya MCAs have now vowed to kick out American investor and Dominion farms CEO Calvin Burgess from Yala swamp, accusing him of belittling the community by peddling falsehoods.
Russian farmland 'retains allure', despite Black Earth Farming exit
- Agrimoney
- 16 February 2017
Russia's farmland market remains attractive to investors, both foreign and domestic, despite the apparent snub presented by Black Earth Farming's decision to quit, with prices soaring by up to 60% last year.
Stolen SABL land would reach all the way to the moon
- Act Now
- 15 February 2017
Fifty two thousand square kilometres of customary land has been stolen in the SABL land grab in Papua New Guinea.
Le Parlement français s’accorde pour limiter l’accaparement des terres agricoles
- Le Monde
- 15 February 2017
Le texte vise à assurer une meilleure transparence des cessions de parts ou actions de sociétés détenant du foncier agricole.
Kenya: No Valentine’s Day rose from Karuturi flower farm, again
- The Nation
- 14 February 2017
Three years later after going into receivership, hopes of revival are a withering prospect and hundreds of families that once formed a thriving community revolving around the Naivasha-based company are living in squalor.
Black Earth Farming unveils $200m sell-out to Russian buyer
- Agrimoney
- 14 February 2017
Black Earth Farming revealed it had agreed, in essence, a $200m takeover by a Russia's Kukura family in the most high profile of a series of retreats by foreign investors from the Black Sea agricultural market.